8 JANUARY 1876, Page 14

THE 'GOLIATH.'

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECFATOR.1

SIR,—Those who think—Mr. Galton notwithstanding—that there is something in Education will thank you for your article on the 'Goliath' catastrophe. The praise you claim for the boys is their just due, but it ought to be said on the side of the poor children of the wealthy classes—who 1 don't think would have behaved as well—that the young Goliaths ' have had two gigantic advantages. Their early instruction has been rather by things than words, and practically speaking, they have had no parents.—I am, Sir, &c.,